SSM Health /tags/ssm-health SSM Health en-US Copyright © 2024 ÍâÍøÌìÌà Tue, 18 Feb 2025 11:00:00 GMT St. Louis Community Credit Union and local institutions offer millions in business loans /economy-business/2025-02-18/st-louis-community-credit-union-and-local-institutions-offer-millions-in-business-loans The St. Louis Community Credit Union is partnering with BJC, SSM Health and the James S. McDonnell Foundation to bring nearly $15 million in business loans to underserved communities in St. Louis. Tue, 18 Feb 2025 11:00:00 GMT /economy-business/2025-02-18/st-louis-community-credit-union-and-local-institutions-offer-millions-in-business-loans Andrea Y. Henderson Lawsuit claims SSM Health failed to protect people from pediatrician’s abuse /health-science-environment/2024-11-22/lawsuit-claims-ssm-health-failed-to-protect-people-from-pediatricians-abuse The suit claims SSM and the company that owned buildings on the campus of DePaul Hospital in Bridgeton didn’t protect visitors from sexual abuse by an area pediatrician. Fri, 22 Nov 2024 18:44:38 GMT /health-science-environment/2024-11-22/lawsuit-claims-ssm-health-failed-to-protect-people-from-pediatricians-abuse Sarah Fentem SSM Health opens mental health urgent care to ease strain on emergency rooms /health-science-environment/2024-08-19/ssm-health-opens-mental-health-urgent-care-to-ease-strain-on-emergency-rooms The St. Louis facility will offer a place for those in a mental health crisis to drop in and be seen by a professional the same day. Mon, 19 Aug 2024 19:51:02 GMT /health-science-environment/2024-08-19/ssm-health-opens-mental-health-urgent-care-to-ease-strain-on-emergency-rooms Sarah Fentem St. Louis researchers want residents' help in building national medical database /health-science-environment/2024-06-17/st-louis-univeristy-ssm-all-of-us-research-database Investigators at St. Louis University and SSM Health hope to recruit people to add their health information to a huge national database that aims to diversify medical research. Mon, 17 Jun 2024 10:00:00 GMT /health-science-environment/2024-06-17/st-louis-univeristy-ssm-all-of-us-research-database Sarah Fentem Why community health is an increasing priority for St. Louis hospitals /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2024-05-14/why-community-health-is-an-increasing-priority-for-st-louis-hospitals The chief community health officer at SSM Health hopes that a joint effort of local hospital systems will result in improved health outcomes in St. Louis. Tue, 14 May 2024 22:18:12 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2024-05-14/why-community-health-is-an-increasing-priority-for-st-louis-hospitals Emily Woodbury Why America’s ‘unhealthy population’ is at greater risk for the next pandemic /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2024-01-30/why-americas-unhealthy-population-is-at-greater-risk-for-the-next-pandemic Dr. Alexander Garza said the best way to prepare for a future pandemic is to improve social resources, such as food access, education and transportation. Tue, 30 Jan 2024 23:33:09 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2024-01-30/why-americas-unhealthy-population-is-at-greater-risk-for-the-next-pandemic Emily Woodbury SLU Hospital nurses calling for improved staffing procedures during 48-hour strike /health-science-environment/2023-12-27/slu-hospital-nurses-will-picket-during-second-strike-in-four-months Union nurses at SSM Health St. Louis University Hospital walked off the job at 7 a.m. Wednesday. They plan to picket through Friday morning. The 48-hour strike marks the second action the union has called in four months. Wed, 27 Dec 2023 11:00:00 GMT /health-science-environment/2023-12-27/slu-hospital-nurses-will-picket-during-second-strike-in-four-months Sarah Fentem Workers across St. Louis sectors want to feel safer while at their jobs /economy-business/2023-10-12/workers-across-st-louis-sectors-want-to-feel-safer-while-at-their-jobs Amazon employees, nurses and workers rights advocates gathered to call out working conditions they say don’t help employees stay healthy. Thu, 12 Oct 2023 22:34:23 GMT /economy-business/2023-10-12/workers-across-st-louis-sectors-want-to-feel-safer-while-at-their-jobs Eric Schmid Cardinal Glennon unveils plans for new South Grand children’s hospital /health-science-environment/2023-09-28/cardinal-glennon-unveils-plans-for-new-south-grand-childrens-hospital Cardinal Glennon and SSM Health announced plans to build a 14-story hospital on Grand Boulevard. The planned hospital will be built two blocks north of the hospital’s current 195-bed facility, which opened in 1956. Thu, 28 Sep 2023 22:59:10 GMT /health-science-environment/2023-09-28/cardinal-glennon-unveils-plans-for-new-south-grand-childrens-hospital Sarah Fentem SLU hospital nurses call for safer staffing levels, breaks during 24-hour strike /health-science-environment/2023-09-25/slu-hospital-nurses-call-for-safer-staffing-levels-breaks-during-24-hour-strike Dozens of nurses on Monday formed a picket line outside SSM Health St. Louis University Hospital on South Grand Boulevard to call for better staffing, guaranteed breaks and more comprehensive sick leave policies. Mon, 25 Sep 2023 22:10:40 GMT /health-science-environment/2023-09-25/slu-hospital-nurses-call-for-safer-staffing-levels-breaks-during-24-hour-strike Sarah Fentem